The effect of Moore's drapery is different from the stiffer clothes worn by the Chac Mool. Moore's figure seems more fluid and therefore more relaxed than the stiffer, more stoic Chac Mool. The latter is in stone and the former in bronze, adding to their overall effects. The Chac Mool also seems more angular, as the figure has more straight lines than the Moore bronze.
5. What are the most obvious similarities between her sculptures and Henry Moores sculptures.
In general, Barbara Hepworth's collection is less representative and more abstract than Henry Moore's. Moore appreciates the use of figures and has drawn heavily from indigenous arts like the Chac Mool stone statue. Few of Hepworth's pieces are representative or anthropomorphic.
However, Moore also incorporates abstraction into his work. The Large Arch in Oslo, for instance, is a sensual archway...
The Art Gallery of Ontario collection of Henry Moore works includes several abstract pieces. Some of Moore's figures border on the abstract like the Reclining Figure at Cambridge.
Moore's oval series such as the Double Oval and Oval with Points at the Henry Moore Foundation demonstrates remarkable similarities to Hepworth's sculpture. Hepworth does include several oval forms in her portfolio such as a bronze one from 1964. Hepworth and Moore both use negative and positive space in their respective oval and sphere sculptures. They worth their media around empty space by creating holes inside the ovals and spheres. Hepworth's Spheres with Inner Form like the ones at the Kroller-Muller Museum and the one at Cornwall are similar to Moore's ovals, although Hepworth uses a greater variety of sculpting media (including marble and wood) than Moore does.
